Shade holder



March 1 3 L. c. DQANE 1,751,311

SHADE HOLDER Original Filed May 27, 1925 INVENTOR A-r-roRv EY Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES LEROY C. DOANE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR TO THE MILLER COIEPANY,

PATENT OFF OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT I SHADE HOLDER Original application filed May27, 1925,

The present invention relates to shade holders and is more particularly directed toward a shade holder suitable for holding a glass shade or the like from the top of an electric candle or from bare electric lamp bulbs.

The present invention contemplates a shade holder made of a sheet metal stamping which isv provided with a short cylindrical portion adopted to be passed through the hole in aglass shade or the like, the stamping being provided with a flange against which one side of the shade is held by means of prongs struck out from the sheet metal and adapted to be folded over against the opposite side of theshade. I

The present applicationis a division of my co-pending application Serial Number 33,089, filed May 27, 1925.

The accompanying drawings show, .for purposes of illustrating the invention, one of the many possible embodiments in which the present invention may take form, it being understood that the drawings are illustrative of the invention,1rather than limiting the same.

'In these drawings:

Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional view through a shade holder;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the shade holder showing it supporting a shade on top of an electric candle sleeve;

Figure 3 is a sectional view illustrating a shade holder and a shade supported from a dependent lamp bulb; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the shade holder illustrating the manner in which it may be employed to support a shade directly from an upright lamp bulb.

In the form of construction illustrated in the drawings, the shade holder consists of a sheet metal stamping 10 and an insulating disk or ring 11 made of fiber or the like. The

sheet metal stamping may be of about the proportions indicated in the drawings, and,

as here shown, is provided at one end with anoutwardly extending flange 12 and at the other end with an inwardly extending flange 13. These flanges are separated by a short 5V cylindrical portion 14 of the stamping. The

of the shade holder.

holder as shown in Figure 1, may be passed Serial No. saose. Divided and this application filed March 25, 1929. Serial No.'349,631.

spacing between the flanges 12 and 13 is sub;

stantiallyof the thickness of a lipless lamp shade.

In making the stamping, the upper or inner flange 13 is slitted to provide a plurality of spring tongues 15 which extend upwardly,

approximately in line with the portionl i of the stamping, as indicated. The stamping is'also provided with a number of indentations '16 spaced sufficiently from the flange 13 to permit inserting the fiber ring' This 7 wedge it against the flange. b The hole in this ring is'sufficiently large to. accommodate the base of a standard lamp 1 bulb, and the fiber ring is provided with a notch 17 to accommodate the drop of solder 18 which is usually found on such lamp bulbs. by the flange 13 is greater than the holein the insulating disk so that the metal part does not come in contact with the lamp bulb when the shade holder is in use. 7

g The shade holder is intended forluse with shades of the lipless type having a central hole about the size of the tubular portion 14 The assembled shadethrough the hole 20 of a shade, either from the outside as indicated in Figure 2, or from the inside as indicated in Figure 3. When it ispassed through'from the outside, the flange 12is brought against the outer surfacefof the shade and the prongs or tongues 15 are bent over against the inside oftheshade. When the device is passed into the shade from the inside, the flange l2 rests against the inner surface of the shade and the prongs or tongues 15 are against the outer surface of the shade. z

Where it is desired to support a shade from the top of an electric candle sleeve, the shade and shade holder may rest on top. of the.

candle sleeve as indicated in Figure 2. i The lamp bulb may be -screwed down into the socket, not shown. The insulating disk 11 will rest on the upper end of the candle s eeve.

'When the shade holderis to be used on the The diameter of the hole provided shade in the manner indicated in Figure 3,

' the lamp bulb is passedthrough the hole in i the socket in the usual manner.

the fiber disk 11 and the lamp screwed into The shade will be supported directly from the lamp bulb and the insulating fiber disk will prevent the metal parts of the shade holder from coming into contact with the live contacts of a the socketof the lamp.

' to support a shade from the top of an upright 1. A device of It is also possible to employ the shade holder in the manner indicated in Figure 4 lamp. The shade holder is assembled as indicated in Figure "3 and is placed on top of the lamp bulb. The insulating fiber disk bears on the glass and holds the shade in place. w I I It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many forms and constructions V -within the scopeof the claims, and I Wish it 7 through a hole in'a glass shadeand having" a flange adapted to engage one surface of the shade, a plurality of bendable tongues,"

adapted to engage the other surface of the shade, and an inwardly extending flange, and a :fib'er ring of less interior diameter than, the inwardly directed flange and adapted to receive the base of a lamp bulb,the fiber ring being. permanently secured to the metallic 2? In combination, a glass shade having an opening therein, a metallic collar having a portionadapted to pass through said opening and provided with'an outwardly extend ingflange engageable with one surface of the shade and with bendable tongues carried by the portion which passes through the shade and adapted to be bent outwardlyto engage the opposite surface ofthe shade, an inward- V ly directed flange substantially in the plane ofthe tongues, and a'ring of insulating material held against the inwardly directed flange bymetal pressed'fromthe adjacent part'of the metallic collar. r

3; In a device of the kind described, the

r combination with a'shade, of a metallic ring .Ej

fittedin the top opening of said shade, said ring comprising an outwardly extending through said rings, the fiber ring contacting with the neck of the lamp bulb.

4. A device of the kind described, comprising a metallic ring adapted to pass through a hole in a glass shade and having a flange adapted toengage one surface of the *shade, a plurality of bendable tongues adapted to engage the other surface of the shade, and an inwardly extending flange, and a fiber ring 7 of less interior diameter than the inwardly directed flange and adapted to receive the base of a lamp bulb, the fiber ring being permanently secured'to the metallic ring, the fiber ring being held against the inwardly directed flange by metal pressed from the adjacent part of the metallic ring.

' 5. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a shade of a metallic ring ringfcomprising an outwardly extending fitted in the top opening of said shade, said i flange adapted to engage the exterior face of the shade, an inwardly projecting flange and a plurality of integral bendable tongues adapted to be bent into engagement with the interior of the shade, a fiber ring held within the metallic, ring and resting upon the in;

Wardly projecting flange and an electric lamp having its'threaded endpassing through said rings, the fiber ring contacting with said electric lamp. g

6. Thecombination witha lipless-shade, of a metallic collar adapted to engage the exteriorof said shade, aninsulatingring held in wedging engagement with said collar, said ring having a radial notch, said collar also having bendable tongues fo with the interior of saidsha'de.

Signed atMeriden, in the county of New Haven and State of onnecticut, this 21st day of March, 1929. i

LEROY c. DOA'NE.

'r" engagement flange adapted to engage one surface of the shade,'an inwardly projecting flange and a I plurality of integral bendable jtongues adaptedto be bent intoengagement with the other surface of the shade, a fiber ring held within the metallic ring and resting upon the inwardly projecting flange, and an electric lamp bulb having its threaded end passing 

